KUTZTOWN, Pa. – With Kutztown football soaring to even greater heights this past season, head coach Jim Clements, who received national recognition for guiding KU to another historic season, was voted the 2025-26 Dr. Dennis Roth KU Men's Coach of the Year.
 
It is the fifth end of year award for Clements, who just finished his 11th season at the helm for the Golden Bears. He also secured the honor in 2017, 2020, 2022 and 2024.
 
Kutztown registered its second consecutive unbeaten regular season and boasts a Division II-best 31-game regular season winning streak dating back to 2023. The Golden Bears, who set new program single-season records for victories (14), consecutive victories (14) and points scored (645), won their third straight PSAC East and PSAC titles, while advancing to the NCAA Division II semifinals for the second time in the last three seasons.
 
Clements won his 100th game with the Golden Bears at Bloomsburg on Nov. 8. Kutztown went unbeaten in PSAC East play (7-0) for the fifth time in the last six seasons. In 11 seasons at the helm, Clements has a 104-30 record. He is the program's all-time leader in wins and winning percentage (.776). Clements is 170-54 (.759) in 19 seasons between Kutztown and Delaware Valley.
 
Individually this year, Clements was recognized as the Walter Camp Foundation Division II Coach of the Year, the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) DII National Coach of the Year, the first ever from Kutztown. He was also voted the AFCA DII Super Region I Coach of the Year and the PSAC East Coach of the Year.
 
Presented annually since 1993, the Kutztown University Athletics Dr. Dennis Roth Men's Coach of the Year award recognizes the coach of a men's varsity sport for leading their team to success in a given academic year. KU's annual athletic awards are selected through a vote of the department's administration, head coaches and support staff.